中国的道路清洁工们正在接受一种与众不同的全新考核办法。
Road cleaners in China are being measured by a new and unusual method.
为了确定清洁工的工作是否做到位，城市考核人员开始给街上的污垢称重。
City inspectors have started weighing dirt found on the street, in order to determine how good a job the cleaners are doing.
这一试行办法于周三始于陕西省会西安市。考核员在街上随机画出一平方米，把里面的灰尘扫干净放在秤上。
The exercise started on Wednesday in Xi'an, the capital of the Shaanxi province. Inspectors draw out a random square meter on the street, and sweep up the dust within, placing it on a weighing scale.
据中国国家媒体《人民日报》报道，街道上每平方米的灰尘超过5克，负责的清洁工就被记一次不合格。三次不合格的清洁工将被开除，其主管也将受到纪律处分。
Streets which exceed 5 grams of dust per square meter will count as a strike against its cleaner. Three strikes gets the cleaner fired, and their supervisors will face disciplinary action too, reported the state-run People's Daily.
62岁的清洁工王冠海（音）告诉中新社，为了达到清洁度标准，他不得不开始加班。
A 62-year-old cleaner, Wang Guanhai, told China News Service that he's started having to work overtime in order to meet the cleanliness standards.
王冠海说，他从早上4点工作到下午6点，每天对负责的道路清扫4-5遍。
He said he works from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m., and cleans the roads under his charge four to five times daily.
这项新规招来了网友们的指责，许多人表示这对清洁工不公平。
The new rules have drawn criticism from netizens, many of whom say it's unfair to the cleaners.
有人指出，空气污染问题不解决，让清洁工保证街道一尘不染就是徒劳。
Some have pointed out that with the air pollution problem unsolved, it's a Sisyphean task for cleaners to prevent dust from collecting on streets.
27日下午，西安的空气指数是159，空气质量指数范围属于不健康。
On Thursday afternoon, the air pollution level in Xi'an was 159 - unhealthy on the AQI scale.
一位微博网友称：“你们想累死环卫工人吗？空气中充满了灰尘，他们永远也无法让道路一尘不染。”
One Weibo user said: "Are you trying to kill the sanitation workers? The air is full of dust, so they'll never be able to keep the roads entirely dust-free."
另一位网友说：“难道你们不觉得，路上的灰尘是空气中的尘埃造成的吗？”
"Don't you think the dust on the road is because of the dust in the air?" said another.